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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2013-3223
2013-03-02 19:15:46
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Name : kernel
Product : Fedora 18
Version : 3.8.1
Release : 201.fc18
URL :
http://www.kernel.org/
Summary : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any
Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.
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Update Information:
Rebase to 3.8.1
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ChangeLog:
* Thu Feb 28 2013 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Remove no longer needed E1000 hack.
* Thu Feb 28 2013 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Drop SPARC64 support.
* Thu Feb 28 2013 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Linux 3.8.1
Dropped (merged in 3.8.1)
- drm-i915-lvds-reclock-fix.patch
- usb-cypress-supertop.patch
- perf-hists-Fix-period-symbol_conf.field_sep-display.patch
- ipv6-dst-from-ptr-race.patch
- sock_diag-Fix-out-of-bounds-access-to-sock_diag_handlers.patch
- tmpfs-fix-use-after-free-of-mempolicy-object.patch
* Thu Feb 28 2013 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Update usb-cypress-supertop.patch
* Wed Feb 27 2013 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Update ALPS patch to what got merged in 3.9-rc
* Wed Feb 27 2013 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- 3.8.0
Dropped (merged in 3.8)
- arm-l2x0-only-set-set_debug-on-pl310-r3p0-and-earlier.patch
- power-x86-destdir.patch
- modsign-post-KS-jwb.patch
- efivarfs-3.7.patch
- handle-efi-roms.patch
- drm-i915-Fix-up-mismerge-of-3490ea5d-in-3.7.y.patch
- USB-report-submission-of-active-URBs.patch
- exec-use-eloop-for-max-recursion-depth.patch
- 8139cp-revert-set-ring-address-before-enabling-receiver.patch
- 8139cp-set-ring-address-after-enabling-C-mode.patch
- 8139cp-re-enable-interrupts-after-tx-timeout.patch
- brcmsmac-updates-rhbz892428.patch
- silence-brcmsmac-warning.patch
- net-fix-infinite-loop-in-__skb_recv_datagram.patch
- Bluetooth-Add-support-for-Foxconn-Hon-Hai-0489-e056.patch
- 0001-bluetooth-Add-support-for-atheros-04ca-3004-device-t.patch
Needs checking:
- arm-tegra-nvec-kconfig.patch
- arm-tegra-sdhci-module-fix.patch
* Tue Feb 26 2013 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes(a)redhat.com>
- Avoid recursion in put_user_ns, potential overflow
* Tue Feb 26 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com>
- CVE-2013-1767 tmpfs: fix use-after-free of mempolicy obj (rhbz 915592,915716)
- Fix vmalloc_fault oops during lazy MMU (rhbz 914737)
* Mon Feb 25 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com>
- Honor dmesg_restrict for /dev/kmsg (rhbz 903192)
* Sun Feb 24 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com> - 3.7.9-205
- CVE-2013-1763 sock_diag: out-of-bounds access to sock_diag_handlers (rhbz
915052,915057)
* Fri Feb 22 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com>
- Add support for bluetooth in Acer Aspire S7 (rhbz 879408)
* Thu Feb 21 2013 Neil Horman <nhorman(a)redhat.com>
- Fix crash from race in ipv6 dst entries (rhbz 892060)
* Wed Feb 20 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com>
- Fix perf report field separator issue (rhbz 906055)
- Fix oops from acpi_rsdp setup in secure-boot patchset (rhbz 906225)
* Tue Feb 19 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com>
- Add support for Atheros 04ca:3004 bluetooth devices (rhbz 844750)
- Backport support for newer ALPS touchpads (rhbz 812111)
* Tue Feb 19 2013 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson(a)fedoraproject.org>
- Fix OMAP thermal driver by building it in (seems it doesn't auto load when a
module)
* Mon Feb 18 2013 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes(a)redhat.com> - 3.7.9-201
- Linux v3.7.9
* Mon Feb 18 2013 Adam Jackson <ajax(a)redhat.com
- i915: Fix a mismerge in 3.7.y that leads to divide-by-zero in i915_update_wm
* Fri Feb 15 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com>
- CVE-2013-0290 net: infinite loop in __skb_recv_datagram (rhbz 911479 911473)
* Thu Feb 14 2013 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes(a)redhat.com> - 3.7.8-201
- Linux v3.7.8
* Thu Feb 14 2013 Adam Jackson <ajax(a)redhat.com>
- i915: Hush asserts during TV detection, just useless noise
- i915: Fix LVDS downclock to not cripple performance (#901951)
* Thu Feb 14 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com>
- Add patch to fix corruption on newer M6116 SATA bridges (rhbz 909591)
- CVE-2013-0228 xen: xen_iret() invalid %ds local DoS (rhbz 910848 906309)
* Tue Feb 12 2013 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Add networking queue for next stable release.
* Tue Feb 12 2013 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- mm: Check if PUD is large when validating a kernel address
* Tue Feb 12 2013 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Silence brcmsmac warnings. (Fixed in 3.8, but not backporting to 3.7)
* Tue Feb 12 2013 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes(a)redhat.com>
- Linux v3.7.7
* Mon Feb 11 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com>
- Add patch from Kees Cook to restrict MSR writting in secure boot mode
- Add patch to honor MokSBState (rhbz 907406)
* Thu Feb 7 2013 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson(a)fedoraproject.org>
- Minor ARM build fixes
* Wed Feb 6 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com>
- Add patch to fix ath9k dma stop checks (rhbz 892811)
* Mon Feb 4 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com>
- Linux v3.7.6
- Update secure-boot patchset
- Fix rtlwifi scheduling while atomic from Larry Finger (rhbz 903881)
* Tue Jan 29 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com>
- Backport driver for Cypress PS/2 trackpad (rhbz 799564)
* Mon Jan 28 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com> - 3.7.5-201
- Linux v3.7.5
- Add patch to fix iwlwifi issues (rhbz 863424)
* Sun Jan 27 2013 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson(a)fedoraproject.org>
- Build and package dtbs on ARM
- Enable FB options for qemu vexpress on unified
* Fri Jan 25 2013 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes(a)redhat.com>
- Turn off THP for 32bit
* Wed Jan 23 2013 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes(a)redhat.com> - 3.7.4-204
- brcmsmac fixes from upstream (rhbz 892428)
* Wed Jan 23 2013 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Remove warnings about empty IPI masks.
* Tue Jan 22 2013 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes(a)redhat.com> - 3.7.4-203
- Add i915 bugfix from airlied
* Tue Jan 22 2013 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson(a)fedoraproject.org>
- Apply ARM errata fix
- disable HVC_DCC and VIRTIO_CONSOLE on ARM
* Tue Jan 22 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com>
- Fix libata settings bug (rhbz 902523)
* Mon Jan 21 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com> - 3.7.4-201
- Linux v3.7.4
* Fri Jan 18 2013 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes(a)redhat.com> 3.7.3-201
- Linux v3.7.3
* Thu Jan 17 2013 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson(a)fedoraproject.org>
- Merge 3.7 ARM kernel including unified kernel
- Drop separate IMX and highbank kernels
- Disable ARM PL310 errata that crash highbank
* Wed Jan 16 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com>
- Fix power management sysfs on non-secure boot machines (rhbz 896243)
* Wed Jan 16 2013 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes(a)redhat.com> 3.7.2-204
- Fix for CVE-2013-0190 xen corruption with 32bit pvops (rhbz 896051 896038)
* Wed Jan 16 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com>
- Add patch from Stanislaw Gruszka to fix iwlegacy IBSS cleanup (rhbz 886946)
* Tue Jan 15 2013 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes(a)redhat.com> 3.7.2-203
- Turn off Intel IOMMU by default
- Stable queue from 3.7.3 with many relevant fixes
* Tue Jan 15 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com>
- Enable CONFIG_DVB_USB_V2 (rhbz 895460)
* Mon Jan 14 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com>
- Enable Orinoco drivers in kernel-modules-extra (rhbz 894069)
* Fri Jan 11 2013 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes(a)redhat.com> 3.7.1-1
- Linux v3.7.2
- Enable Intel IOMMU by default
* Thu Jan 10 2013 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Add audit-libs-devel to perf build-deps to enable trace command. (rhbz 892893)
* Tue Jan 8 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com>
- Add patch to fix shutdown on some machines (rhbz 890547)
* Mon Jan 7 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com>
- Patch to fix efivarfs underflow from Lingzhu Xiang (rhbz 888163)
* Sun Jan 6 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com>
- Fix version.h include due to UAPI change in 3.7 (rhbz 892373)
* Fri Jan 4 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com>
- Fix oops on aoe module removal (rhbz 853064)
* Thu Jan 3 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com> - 3.7.1-2
- Fixup secure boot patchset for 3.7 rebase
- Package bash completion script for perf
* Thu Jan 3 2013 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Rebase to 3.7.1
* Wed Jan 2 2013 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com>
- Fix autofs issue in 3.6 (rhbz 874372)
- BR the hostname package (rhbz 886113)
* Mon Dec 17 2012 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com> - 3.6.11-3
- Linux v3.6.11
* Mon Dec 17 2012 Dennis Gilmore <dennis(a)ausil.us>
- disable gpiolib on vexpress
* Mon Dec 17 2012 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com>
- Fix oops in sony-laptop setup (rhbz 873107)
* Wed Dec 12 2012 Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)redhat.com> - 3.6.10-5
- Fix infinite loop in efi signature parser
- Don't error out if db doesn't exist
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